Maria Bonasera

Maria Bonasera was the daughter of funeral parlour owner Amerigo Bonasera.

Biography
Maria Bonasera was the daughter of Italian immigrant Amerigo Bonasera, and she was raised in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City in the United States. She was raised in the American fashion and granted freedom, but her father warned her to never dishonor her family. As she got older, she began to stay out later, and she took an American boyfriend, Kevin Moonan. Her father did not protest, but this changed when, one night, in August 1945, Moonan and his friend Jerry Wagner got Maria drunk with whiskey and attempted to take advantage of her. Maria fought back, so Moonan and Wagner savagely beat her. The two men were later released on a suspended sentence, so her father approached Don Vito Corleone to do justice. He sent Paulie Gatto, Monk Malone, and Aldo Trapani to punish the two kids, who were beaten within inches of their lives. Eventually, she married a young man who took over her father's business.